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  • Title: Expression of the CD85j (leukocyte Ig-like receptor 1, Ig-like transcript 2) receptor for class I major histocompatibility complex molecules in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
    Author: Schleinitz N, Cognet C, Guia S, Laugier-Anfossi F, Baratin M, Pouget J, Pelissier JF, Harle JR, Vivier E, Figarella-Branger D.
    Journal: Arthritis Rheum; 2008 Oct; 58(10):3216-23. PubMed ID: 18821690.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Expression of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on the surface of muscle cells is a biologic feature of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). Class I MHC-transgenic mouse models support a causative role for class I MHC expression by muscle cells in the pathogenesis of IIM. The muscle lesions are characterized by leukocyte infiltration. We undertook this study to analyze the expression in muscle lesions of various class I MHC-specific receptors on leukocytes and natural killer (NK) cells. METHODS: We generated a panel of cell transfectants to control the immunofluorescence analysis of class I MHC receptor expression. We then analyzed the expression of CD158 (killer cell Ig-like receptors [KIRs]) and CD85j (leukocyte Ig-like receptor 1, Ig-like transcript 2) on muscle sections prepared from 14 patients with IIM (5 with dermatomyositis [DM], 5 with polymyositis [PM], and 4 with sporadic inclusion body myositis [IBM]). RESULTS: We could not detect the presence of NK cells in inflammatory lesions. However, the class I MHC receptor CD85j, but no KIRs, was expressed by inflammatory cells infiltrating muscle lesions in IIM. CONCLUSION: CD85j is expressed in PM and sporadic IBM at the sites of partial invasion and in DM in perivascular inflammation, paving the way for dissecting the role of CD85j in the pathogenesis of inflammatory myopathies.
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